BAKED MEATBALLS (4 - 6 pax)

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Meatballs
500g mince beef
1/2 cup soft breadcrumbs
1 egg (if u want to add 1 more egg is fine too)
2 teaspoons oregano leaves
Salt
Pepper
1tablespoon extra VIRGIN olive oil
4 strips of beef bacon
1 cup grated cheese (can add more)

Pasta and sauce
400g fettuccine
2 x 245g cans Italian SEASONED tomatoes
1/4 cup chopped parsley

Mix mince beef, breadcrumbs, egg, oregano, salt and pepper in a bowl until well combined. Take abt 2 tablespoons of mixture and shape into balls. Heat oil in frying pan and cook meatballs till golden. Then put it in an ovenproof dish. Derind beef bacon and cut into thirds. Cook in the same frying pan as the meatballs were cooked in. Then add to meatballs.

Cook pasta in boiling salted water & a bit of oil till tender. Drain it. Arrange it over the meatballs. Mix tomatoes and parsley in frying pan and cook till boil. Pour over pasta and meatballs. Sprinkle with grated cheese and bake at 200C for abt 20 minutes or till golden.